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ThinkstockWith sentiment improving and GDP growth rate picking up in the second quarter, investors and economists alike are looking for anything to confirm or refute the upswing in the economy. The...
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ThinkstockThe Conference Board is out with its monthly reading of consumer confidence in the month of July. It posted its third consecutive gain, but perhaps the real news is that this is its highest...
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ThinkstockThe Conference Board has released its Consumer Confidence Index for June, and the numbers are looking good. Confidence continues to improve, rising to 85.2 in June from 82.2 in May. The...
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ThinkstockFreddie Mac this morning released its weekly update on national mortgage rates, showing continued modest declines in interest rates, nearly across the board. Both 30-year fixed-rate...
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ThinkstockTuesday morning already brought a higher than expected durable goods economic report. Now we have a consumer confidence reading from the Conference Board, covering the month of May....
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courtesy of Mercedes-BenzSubaru, Mercedes, Audi and Toyota dealers had trouble keeping their cars on the lot in April. Based on sales growth data and consumer ratings of autos sold in the United...
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ThinkstockThe market has a nearly live reading on consumer sentiment and confidence. The Reuters/University of Michigan reading on consumer sentiment is out. This is a preliminary reading for the...
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ThinkstockThe Conference Board reported Tuesday morning that its consumer confidence index for the month of April fell slightly from 83.9 in March to 82.3. The expectations index was essentially...
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ThinkstockA Thursday economic report from The Conference Board was its index of leading indicators for the month of February. We always warn readers that leading indicators may not be as leading as...
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Jon OggThe Conference Board has released its Consumer Confidence Index for February, and the news is not good. After increasing to 79.4 in January, the reading fell to 78.1 in February. Bloomberg was...
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ThinkstockThe Conference Board has released its Consumer Confidence Index for January. The good news for the economy is that it is far better than the horrific durable goods report from the Commerce...
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ThinkstockThe revised consumer sentiment report from Reuters/University of Michigan is out, and the second December reading hit 82.5 for the month. The prior report was also 82.5, and the Bloomberg...
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ThinkstockThe Reuters/University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment report rose to 82.5 for the preliminary December report, from a final November reading of 75.1. Dow Jones was calling for only 76.5,...
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courtesy of Apple Inc.The deals are good enough and promotions aggressive enough that the millions of Americans who are supposed to shop on Thanksgiving and Black Friday will. However, retailers...
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Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsLast Friday’s report from the Department of Labor was so strong, with more than 200,000 payrolls created in October, that we figured the report had to be riddled with...
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